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A Conceptual Framework for Developing and Implementing Effective Policy in Children's Mental Health.
Peer reviewedFriedman, Robert M. – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2003
This article presents a framework to be used in studying public policy in children's mental health. It focuses the stages of policy development and implementation, the relationships among different governmental levels, the relationships among different service sectors, and variables affecting the likelihood a policy will achieve its intended…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Disorders, Child Advocacy, Children
Direct linkResearch and Training Center on Family Support and Children's Mental Health, 2005
"Data Trends" reports present summaries of research on mental health services for children and adolescents and their families. The article summarized in this "Data Trends" discusses the role of culture in children's development and mental health, disparities, and cultural competence in children's mental health services. Access…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Social Environment, Health Services, Cultural Background
Cowen, Emory L. – 1997
This article offers the opinion that school mental health services should be built around the question: "What useful roles can schools play as part of a concerted social effort targeted to the enhancement of children's wellness?" The article suggests that there are many important roles: practical, repair-oriented roles, and new roles…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Child Behavior, Child Health, Childhood Needs
Peer reviewedEber, Lucille – Special Services in the Schools, 1996
Describes the progressive development of a five-year, school-based, systems change initiative for students with emotional and behavioral disabilities and their families. The program integrates mental health, education, and other family-focused services into a more flexible system. Discusses evaluation data in the context of the systems change…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Problems, Children, Comprehensive Programs
Cabiya, Jose J.; Canino, Glorisa; Chavez, Ligra; Ramirez, Rafael; Alegria, Margenta; Shrout, Patrick; Hohman, Ann; Bravo, Milagros; Bauermeister, Jose J.; Maritinez-Taboas, Alfonso – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2006
Background: Differences in service utilization indicating that boys use more mental health services than girls were analyzed to see if they could be explained by known correlates of service use. These correlates were arranged into individual (severe emotional disturbance, level of impairment and externalizing disorders), family (parental…
Descriptors: Health Services, Emotional Disturbances, Mental Health Programs, Mental Health
PDF pending restorationSolloway, Michele R., Ed.; Budetti, Peter P., Ed. – 1995
This report presents findings of a George Washington University Center for Health Policy Research (CHPR) multi-year project to conduct analytical studies on the financing, delivery, and cost effectiveness of child health supervision services. Against a backdrop of decline in private sector coverage for children, a growing number of children living…
Descriptors: Access to Health Care, Adolescents, Case Studies, Child Health
Download full textEinspruch, Eric L.; Pollard, James P. – 1993
Many adolescents' health problems arise from preventable behaviors, such as unprotected sexual intercourse and the use of tobacco, alcohol, and illicit drugs. The 1992 Washington State Survey of Adolescent Health Behaviors (WSSAHB) was created in order to collect information on a variety of health behaviors among students in the state of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Health, Children, Dietetics
Rast, Jim – 1998
This paper reflects on lessons learned from the implementation of KAN Focus, a demonstration project to develop a system of care for children with severe emotional disturbance in rural southeast Kansas. It notes trends toward providing more and younger children with community-based support services which provide family centered services,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Agency Cooperation, At Risk Persons, Children
American Psychological Association, Washington, DC. – 1994
This information packet contains eight two- to three-page publications from the American Psychological Association series "Psychological Services for the 21st Century, Psychology's Role in Health Care: Studying Human Behavior; Promoting Health; Saving Health Care Dollars; Providing Mental Health Services." The focus of the series is the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Females, Health Care Costs
Academic Therapy Publications, Novato, CA. – 1993
This directory lists, by state, facilities and services for children, adolescents, and adults with learning disabilities. Facilities and services include summer camps, college programs, day and residential schools, diagnostic services, behavioral development services, educational therapy, consulting seminars, guidance and mental health services,…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Change, Career Counseling, Children
Evans, Mary E.; Boothroyd, Roger A.; Kuppinger, Anne D. – 1996
This paper describes the Home-Based Crisis Intervention (HBCI) program in New York and the characteristics and outcomes of the families involved in a study that investigated the effectiveness of the program. The HBCI program provides short-term intensive in-home services to families with children who are at-risk of out-of-home placements. The…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Problems, Blacks, Children
Gordon, Lynwood J., Ed.; Tullis, Kathryn, Ed.; Hanson, Andrea, Ed.; Sowders, Stacey, Ed. – Research and Training Center on Family Support and Children's Mental Health, 2005
The 11th Annual Building on Family Strengths Conference was held from May 6th through May 8th, 2004, in Portland, Oregon. Highlights included: (1) The revival of a pre-conference training session; this year featured "Understanding Research and Evaluation in Relation to Social Change," presented by Elaine Slaton and Shannon CrossBear of…
Descriptors: Health Services, Program Effectiveness, Mental Health, Empowerment
Black, Alastair – Child Care in Practice, 2004
This paper will discuss the recent establishment of the Police Rehabilitation and Retraining Trust's Child and Adolescent Therapy Service. This service was set up in response to an expressed need within the police family to provide evidenced-based psychological therapies for child and adolescent psychopathology caused either directly by…
Descriptors: Health Services, Trust (Psychology), Eye Movements, Family Life
United Nations Children's Fund, Nairobi (Kenya). Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office. – 1991
This report profiles conditions in the lives of children and women in Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA), and attempts to identify and analyze trends and issues which are emerging in ESA and which have particular significance for UNICEF activities. During the 1980s, ESA experienced unprecedented economic decline due to falling commodity prices and…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, At Risk Persons, Child Abuse, Child Neglect
SEGAL, JULIUS – 1965
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH ACTIVITIES REPRESENTING EIGHT MAJOR PROGRAMS OF THE INSTITUTE ARE DESCRIBED IN TERMS OF MEETING THE NEEDS OF NORMAL CHILDREN IN NORMAL ENVIRONMENTS, PROVIDING EARLY TREATMENT OF MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL DISORDERS IN CHILDHOOD, AND DEVELOPING TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION PROGRAMS FOR SEVERELY DISTURBED CHILDREN.…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Child Care, Child Development, Children
